, beatles biographer robert rodriguez writes . starr had publicly criticised mccartney ' s solo albums mccartney ( 1970 ) and ram ( 1971 ) on release , and author bruce sp ##izer para ##ph ##rase ##s the message of the middle eight as " a plea for paul to produce better music " . the mention of " sound [ ing ] wasted " could also be a reference to mccartney ' s over ##ind ##ul ##gence with cannabis , rodriguez suggests . a further example of starr ' s allegedly anti @ - @ mccartney message exists in the song ' s first verse : wake up , meath ##ead don ' t pretend that you are dead get yourself up off the cart . the
, beatles biographer robert rodriguez writes. starr had publicly criticised mccartney's solo albums mccartney ( 1970 ) and ram ( 1971 ) on release, and author bruce spizer paraphrases the message of the middle eight as " a plea for paul to produce better music ". the mention of " sound [ ing ] wasted " could also be a reference to mccartney's overindulgence with cannabis, rodriguez suggests. a further example of starr's allegedly anti @ - @ mccartney message exists in the song's first verse : wake up, meathead don't pretend that you are dead get yourself up off the cart. the